Atlantic Beach, South Carolina
Atlantic Beach Historical Marker
This town at the north edge of Myrtle Beach holds a wealth of Black history.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Atlantic Beach, South Carolina
This town at the north edge of Myrtle Beach holds a wealth of Black history.
Woodbridge, Virginia
The final resting place of a prominent Black American farming family sits in the shadows of an IKEA store.
Lanham, Maryland
A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.
Edison, New Jersey
A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.
Somerset, Pennsylvania
This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.
Somerset, Pennsylvania
In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.
Michigan City, Indiana
These five houses were built for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair.
Walcott, Iowa
The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.
Iowa City, Iowa
How did the 110-ton limestone statue cross the road?
Des Moines, Iowa
This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.
Des Moines, Iowa
Dedicated to the humanitarian efforts of the state's former governor.
Urbana, Illinois
Fragments of a massive unfinished sculpture sit near the main quad of the University of Illinois.
Urbana, Illinois
The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.
Powell, Ohio
A monument to a Native American leader who was known for never breaking a promise and met his end after signing a deal with white settlers.
Darlington, Maryland
Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.
Trenton, New Jersey
This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Trenton, New Jersey
The way these carnivorous dinosaurs are posed is an homage to a classic work of paleoart.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Venture into the past with an unlisted exhibit hall featuring extinct birds.
Jacksonville, Florida
A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.
Orlando, Florida
Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.
Saint Simons Island, Georgia
The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.
Lumberton, North Carolina
Saunter along the banks of one of North Carolina’s wildest rivers
Hatfield, Pennsylvania
This family of wooden moose statues have become local celebrities in their hometown.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.